2226 results for '"Jean Jacques Du Plessis'

In A Discourse on Inequality, Rousseau sets out to demonstrate how the growth of civilization corrupts man’s natural happiness and freedom by creating artificial inequalities of wealth, power and...

This substantially revised new edition of Rousseau: The Basic Political Writings features a brilliant new Introduction by David Wootton, a revision by Donald A. Cress of his own 1987 translation of...

A rare inside look at the construction of Philadelphia's new cultural center and gardens, where Herzog & de Meuron's iconic architecture meets Piet Oudolf's lyrical landscaping and Calder's signature...

4ème de couv.:"Mon premier a un papa qui lui achète tout ce qu'il veut. Mon deuxième est le chouchou de la maîtresse. Mon troisième est le plus costaud. Le papa de mon quatrième est agent de police...

Le 2 avril 1998, Maurice Papon, ancien haut fonctionnaire vychiste devenu ministre gaulliste, a été reconnu coupable de " complicité de crimes contre l'humanité " et condamné à dix ans de réclusion...

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"The appearance of these stories in one volume is an event in our literature. To have built up so distinguished a collection, each story excellent in its own way and each an original departure in...

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Jean Toomer achieved instant recognition as a critic and thinker in 1923 with the publication of his novelCane, a harsh, eloquent vision of black American hardship and suffering. But because of his...

For the first time in a deluxe hardcover edition, three eerily powerful novels by a midcentury master of social satire and psychological portraitureJean Stafford (1915-1979) made a bold entrance onto...

A comprehensive and authoritative anthology of Rousseau's major later political writings in up-to-date English translations. This volume includes the essay on Political Economy, The Social Contract,...

Axel Honneth is best known for his critique of modern society centered on a concept of recognition. Jacques Rancière has advanced an influential theory of modern politics based on disagreement...

Joel Schwartz presents the first systematic treatment of Rousseau's understanding of the political importance of women, sexuality, and the family. Using both Rousseau's lesser-known literary works...

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An affordable, compact primer on the artist who drastically shifted the course of late 20th-century artThis reader provides a concise introduction to the widely popular yet oft-misunderstood artist...